The standings after seeding

1. Markus Schneider, 46.467s
2. Julien Parnot, 46.911s
3. Laurent "The Mechanic" Tobel, 47.166s
4. Tobias Weist, 47.423s
5. Dirk Elsebusch, 47.579s
6. Yann Bedoucha, 47.722s
7. James Hild, 47.800s
8. Antonino Mangiaracina, 48.447s
9. Philippe Vialla, 48.457s
10. Nicolas Schiltz, 48.556s
11. Alexander Valente
12. Pascal Closset
13. Jeff Béchu
14. Steve Olanier
15. Eric Gourgeaud
16. Christophe Jadot
17. Joachim Behnken
18. José Rosas
19. Pascal Mauro
20. Patrick Schnelle
21. Michael Loonis
22. Cyril Rapin
23. Peter Plümacher
24. Mathieu Thevenot
25. Rudy Meyer
26. Christophe Nordera
27. Lennox Fischer
28. Christian Fischer
29. René Bonvent

The Quali heats - Modified

The qualifying races began Saturday Morning in awesome weather and top track conditions, but the thing was clear: Heat 1 and 2 would be the best to realise quick times.

• Until Schneider had to retire he was on a good pace in Q1 - he lost the wires on the motor. Tobel took P1 and Vialla P2 as the rest of the field was close together with Hild P3, Weist P4 and Schiltz P5. Parnot and Bedoucha had also a DNF and hoped for the 2nd heat

• Vialla lay down a impressive performance with his ROCHE in Q2 and won the heat in a pretty dominant manner. He made a laptime of 15.000s, as most of the contenders were struggling already with the increasing track temperatures and not able to follow. P2 went to Tobel and P3 to Schiltz. 

• Q3 only saw Julien Parnot and Markius Schneider with improvements as they both unlucky DNF Q1 and Q2 but the pace good enough to reach the top spots. Further behind, only Bedoucha on P11, Gourgeaud on P14 and Loonis were able to get into the TOP 20 after heat 1 and 2

• Q4 and Q5 didn't change things a lot

After the Qualification heats, the SUPER POLE was on. 
The best 4 drivers after qualifiying were allowed to get into the Super Pole to fight out the Pole position. The best lap out of 5 laps counted.

The Finals - Modified

• At the start of A1, there was a contact between the two first starters, with a worse outcome for Philippe. He lost a few positions and a lot of ground on the leader Laurent. Julien retired after a few laps in the lead with motor problems. The disruption in the first few laps of the race was capitalised on by drivers starting further back. An accident between Antonino and Alexander in front of the drivers' podium meant the retirement of both. After a few laps, Laurent had a larger lead over Markus, who had started from P8, ahead of Philippe, who started his race to catch up with a lap time of 14.913s and increased the pressure on Markus to finally overtake him later. P1 went to Laurent ahead of Philippe in P2 and Markus in P3, P4 James and P5 Tobias.

This weekend 3 pilots, Julien Parnot, Philippe Vialla and Markus, managed to get under the 15s barrier (all with a 14.9s), which meant exceptional performances and lap records in each case. We have seen an impressive increase in performance on this track since the last Pro10 race. Whereas a year ago only Markus was able to run in this range, he pushed his opponents to stretch their limits, which is very pleasing and promised spectacle for the spectators. The flip side of the coin, however, is that this pushes riders closer to the technical limit, which can and has led to more retirements and problems. We hope that we can get these problems under control and utilise the performance.

• A2 was a clear-cut affair as Laurent led the race from the front and maintained a lead of around 2 seconds until the end. Vialla in P2, who again got a bit stuck at the start, and James in P3, who fought a tough battle with Tobias Weist for long stretches. The two swapped positions almost every lap. Tobias finally crossed the finish line in P4 ahead of Nicolas in P5.

• At the start of A3, Laurent was taken out of the race after crashing with James and Julien, clearing the way for Philippe, who achieved a dominant victory with a 6-second lead. After a collision at the start between Markus and Dirk, Markus waited until Dirk was able to continue, but he was involved in another accident shortly afterwards. Markus, who now had nothing to lose, set a fast pace and was almost able to catch up with Tobias in P2. In between, Nicolas in P3 also had a mixed final result statistic.

• Shortly before the start of A4, the rain arrived, which played into the hands of some drivers, but not others. The rain had been forecast for some time with gusts of wind. Nicolas and Markus decided not to start from the outset. Our German friends Tobias and Dirk seized the opportunity and put their experience in these racing conditions from their nothern climate conditions to good use, securing P1 and P2 with their reliable cars. James, the RAIN-WHISPERER, was able to book another P3. Laurent finished in P4 and Antonino in P5.

That meant in the end, Philippe Vialla could take the win in his 1st participation of the CUP. Big respect for that achievement. Unlucky with the ending but confident with P2, Laurent Tobel was the man to beat in the final heats. Tobias, again able to clinch the podium, on P2 the only man of last's year's podium, visibly happy with his result.

Final standings:

1. Philippe Vialla
2. Laurent Tobel
3. Tobias Weist
4. James Hild
5. Dirk Elsebusch
6. Nicolas Schiltz
7. Markus Schneider
8. Antonino Mangiaracina
9. Alexander Valente
10. Julien Parnot

The Quali heats - Stock

The heat also took its toll on the stock drivers and their cars, meaning that the lap times in the later qualifying runs would not be the fastest. The drivers were not only keen to minimise battery lag, but also to keep the rise in temperature of the controller and motor, which inevitably leads to a loss of performance, to a minimum. 
Finding the best balance between motor power, temperature and the car's weight was the top priority.

The Stock standings 

Congratulations for these strong results

1. Maxime Pouffier
2. Roman Wolff
3. Renato Marrocco
4. Florent Jadot
5. Phileas Bourquard
6. Fabien Valantin
7. Vincent Goublaire
8. Patrick Bariot
9. Alan Mir
10. Gerd Pfeifer